Falcon Rising (2014)

93 min · Action, action film, yakuza film

Popularity4/5

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Ernie Barbarash

Cast

Michael Jai White, Neal McDonough, Jimmy Navarro, Millie Ruperto, Lateef Crowder, Laila Ali, Sala Baker, Jose Caro, Eduardo Cortés, Jose Cotte, Aurelio Lima, Kidany Lugo, Benny Nieves, Ronn Surels

The story

John "Falcon" Chapman is a United States Marine Corps veteran who suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder. After playing Russian roulette, he enters a convenience store moments before it is robbed. He demands one of the robbers shoot him, and when the man hesitates, Chapman grows impatient, disarms the robbers, and foils the robbery.

Catalogue themes and tags

American in a Foreign Country, Capoeira, Death by Car Bomb, Favela, Katana, Kopfschuss, Mädchenhändlerring, Police Corruption, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Rio de Janeiro, Russisches Roulette, Shot in the Foot, Yakuza

Genres

Action, action film, yakuza film

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